Boost for Town Centre Bridge and Decongestion Project as Government Funding Announced

30 Jan 2015

Mayor Dave Hodgson, Stephen Williams MP and Daniel Mouwad at the site of the planned Batts Ford Bridge river crossing in Bedford — Mayor Dave Hodgson, Stephen Williams MP and Daniel Mouwad, SEMLEP Chief Executive, at the site of the planned Batts Ford Bridge river crossing in Bedford, as they look towards the existing Prebend Street Bridge

Bedford Borough Council's project to build a new town centre road bridge river crossing as part of a Town Centre Decongestion Plan received a major boost today with the news that it will receive a contribution from the Government's Local Growth Fund to help bring it forward.

Mayor Dave Hodgson welcomed Liberal Democrat Local Government minister Stephen Williams MP to Bedford, where he made the announcement that £46.7 million will be awarded to the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership to be allocated amongst ten successful projects, including the Batts Ford Bridge.

For more info, and comment from Mayor Dave Hodgson- please visit his website here.